Comments on: Jewlicious Festival Impact Continues to Echo

By: ck

ck — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:09:24 +0000

strange, contrived, plastic and lame? Beyond Reason, do you think this is the only post we’ve written about the Jewlicious at the Beach Festival? We’ve thanked everyone involved, including the local and national sponsors (ie birthright israel, the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Foundation…), Beach Hillel, Rabbi Bookstein, Rachel Bookstein, the students, the volunteers, etc. This post was simply about the effect JTB3 had on the participants from NorCal. Esther wasn’t sucking up to anyone. Anyone who was involved in JTB3 and does cool stuff will find a welcome home on these pages.

The students certainly played a major role in making JTB3 happen, but don’t forget many others did too. I know Esther spent countless hours shooting the shit with rabbi yo and rachel as did I. Our speakers and entertainers came from far and wide. I’m glad you enjoyed JTB3, but what’s with all the negativity?

By: Oyster

Oyster — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:35:26 +0000

Esther: Rock on! But most of the bus logistics & money was organized by David, the executive director of the Sonoma Hillel. I just helped him fill it.

And ‘Beyond Reason’. Come chill with Oy Bay up in NorCal some time. Sounds like you could stand to, you know, take it easy.

By: Beyond Reason

Beyond Reason — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:37 +0000

What a strange, contrived, plastic and lame post. It totally misses the point on the Festival.

Not one mention of the fact that the program in Long Beach was paid for by Jewish leaders in the community. Nada. From what it says on the festival website, they were very generous indeed. Hey, and since I am on a roll here, there is not one mention of Beach Hillel, a local mom and pop kind of Hillel, that has been isolated because they try to do cool stuff.

I found it funny that people started leaving the Jewlicious Festival facebook group AFTER the event. That was way strange. What did people expect from it?

And what the hell does “Jump Start a conversation” mean? Is that like the conversation died? Does that mean it never began?

I love that weekend because I got to hang out with Jews from all over the West coast – there is nothing else out there for college students.

And why are you kissing up to the folks from northern california? What the hell is Organic Outgrowth? I know they like organic food up there in hippiville…but i guess that is not what you are talking about.

And press? Last year I heard about this thing because it was all over the Jewish newspapers, and this year where I live there was nothing. The JTA had nothing about it. Silence.
I checked other sites and — nothing!

I saw posted here on the website the piece from SF Chronicl and the Jewish Journal website…. but where is that great press?

Here is what I think.

Since Rabbi Yonah and his wife or clearly observant Jews the regular Jewish media is not writing about them.

The Hillel folks in DC don’t get invovled, and especially the LAME Hillels in San Diego (if you live here you know) and in LA (all my buddies tell me it sucks). So they don’t help get the word out at all about the festival.

The Hillels suck. Isn’t it so obvious?

What was this post about? Oh, yeh, starting some conversation? Well here you go: It was an awesome weekend — the best of my friggin 23 years — and I thank the students from Long Beach State that made it happen!